Captain John Crane, 1800 - 1815
by Thomas Wallace Knox
About this book
John and David grew up best of friends, outgoing and full of adventure. Living but miles from the sea west of Boston, right on the cusp of manhood at the end of America’s Revolutionary war, the ocean’s siren song beckoned to both. At the peak of adolescence, they struck out on foot in pursuit of their shared dream. Two days to Boston and only one day there found them aboard ship for a whirlwind of adventure beyond their wildest dreams. The next fifteen years shaped a future for the fledgling mariners that seems spun as a flaxen yarn --- were it not so historically accurate. - Summary by Tom Hirsch
Chapters (22)
1Who and What I am
2Walking to Boston
3Departure from Boston
4Overhauled by a British War-Ship
5The Flying Dutchman and His History
6In Danger from a Waterspout
7The Ghosts and How They were laid
8A Congreve Rocket among Algerine Pirates
9Trouble between the United States and Algiers
10Escorted Beyond Danger
11How the Evelyn was lost
12A Voyage to China
13David and I Visit Our Old Home
14The Chesapeake and the Shannon
15Fitting for Sea
16A Conspiracy, and How It was defeated
17Safe Return to New York
18Destruction of the Guerrière by the Constitution
19Escaping from a British Fleet
20Prison Life at Dartmoor
21Released on Parole
22Epilogue
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